Finding Coins Around Town

Well, it's that time again. It's been a few weeks since I posted and have found $2.15 in coins. 

Not sure why this photo is displayed sideways but you get the picture. 

Just yesterday I found 2 quarters (50 cents!) in a newspaper vending machine change tray. It's so random where the money just waiting to be found hangs out.

Where have you found money lately? Do you roll your change in those coin roll wrappers? I think I might need to get some since my found money jar is too heavy to carry to a change machine!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  35 pennies, 3 nickels, 12 dimes, 2 quarters

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2018 to Date:  $34.62

Lots and Lots of Coins Found - Where Do You Find Money?

Since I last posted a little over 2 weeks ago, I've been finding money right and left. And I love it!

In total I've found $5.29 the past 2 weeks! Just today for example I found a dime in a parking lot (along with several pennies here and there in other parking lots), 2 quarters in a change tray of a newspaper vending machine, a quarter and a penny in a drive through lane. That was 90 cents today alone! 

I also found a Canadian dime. Woo hoo. Love me some foreign coins!

The other day I spotted this dime in a store. It was tucked under the bottom shelf, and I almost missed seeing it. But I saw another coin (a penny) later in the same store in almost the same configuration. I think someone drops the coin and they roll along and land propped up like that against the edge of the wall or shelf.

Where do you find money? Do you ever find money that you almost missed seeing?

Got more money than you can count? Well, here you go!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  59 pennies, 4 nickels, 25 dimes, 8 quarters, a Canadian dime

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2018 to Date:  $29.91

Starting off 2018 Finding Plenty of Money

Howdy! I hope the new year is treating you well.

I've been finding money right and left this year! haha! Sure, it's only six days in but so far I've found $2.10-1/2! Yes, I found a half a penny today!

In fact today is when I found the lion's share of this found money. $1.50-1/2 to be exact.

I first took a walk around an empty school parking lot and found a penny then a quarter, then I found a dime and a penny in a store, then the half penny in the street, 2 pennies and a nickel in a drive through lane, a penny in a parking lot, a quarter in a newspaper vending machine, a pile of coins in a vacant part of a parking lot, and I don't remember the rest but I just kept finding money. I love that.

The money on the left side is what I'd found from January 1 to yesterday and the right side is what I found today! See the penny cut in half up front in the middle?

How about you? Have you found any money yet this year?

Oh, I also found the ring in a parking lot today. It's "purty" but I'm pretty sure it's not valuable. I'll probably use it on one of my tin can men (well, a tin can woman).

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  25-1/2 pennies, 4 nickels, 9 dimes, 3 quarters

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2018 to Date:  $2.10

Found $1.11 and Happy Thanksgiving

Since I last posted, I've found $1.11 in change.

Not terribly exciting but just now, I was out running errands and I went to three stores. In the parking lots, on the floor of stores, and in a change tray of a newspaper vending machine I found 32 cents (2 each of pennies, nickels, and dimes). 

There's a lot of money just lying around out there. Have you found any lately? Please let us know and have a happy Thanksgiving!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  11 pennies, 2 nickels, 4 dimes, 2 quarter

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2017 to Date:  $47.60

Tourist Found Money

Lately I've been finding a lot of quarters and more change lying around on the floor of stores. I think it's from tourists in a hurry to beat the heat and go camping or hiking or whatever they're doing as they drive through town.

I've found several quarters  in various vending machines:  water vending machines and newspaper vending machines mostly. I've also found money on the floor of stores and in parking lots, etc. The usual places. 

So, since I last posted, I've found a bunch of change. $3.44 worth! That's pretty good for a couple of weeks' worth. I also found a Rwanda coin marked 50. Cool! This is the first time I've found a coin from that country.

Have you found any coins or bills recently? Do tell!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  9 pennies, 3 nickels, 6 dimes, 10 quarters, 1 Rwanda coin (50)
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished 

Total Found Money in 2016 to Date:  $23.13

Found $2.42 in 10 Days

In the past 10 days I found $2.42. Woo hoo! Most of this was in one day when I found six quarters in a change tray of a newspaper vending machine. That same day on a walk I found two dimes and two pennies. The rest has been found in a water vending machine, in parking lots, in a bank drive through lane, at gas stations, on the floor of stores. Really the normal places where I tend to find money.

It never gets old. What do you think? Do you look for money when you're out and about? 

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  27 pennies, 4 dimes, 7 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished 

Total Found Money in 2016 to Date:  $16.66

Found 80 Cents Since We Last Spoke

Okay, so we've never actually spoken, but since the last time you read this blog (and I wrote it) I found 80 cents. Ta da!

Today I stuck my finger in a  change slot of a newspaper machine and a nickel fell out and I felt another coin. A dime! 

Last week I drove to Tucson and stopped (a few times to use the little girls' room). In one truck stop place in the middle of no where I found a quarter on the floor. Whoopee!

Oh, for a few weeks now I've been working on this chair. It was an overstuffed chair that I stripped of its stuffing. It is now a proud planter! As the summer progresses and more plants are blooming, I'll post another photo or two. This was a pain the butt, a whole lot of work, but I really like how it looks!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  15 pennies, 2 nickels, 3 dimes, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished 

Total Found Money in 2016 to Date:  $14.24

Found 95 Cents

Since I last checked in here ( a few weeks, oh my!), I've only found 95 cents. It's better than a kick in the head. Better than nothing. But it's not even a dollar. Oh well.

I haven't been walking as much lately. I did take a walk today and found a whole penny at a gas station! But then I drove to the grocery store and found a quarter in a newspaper vending machine and two pennies on the ground. Yay! This brings my 2016 found money total to $6.86. Not bad, I guess. 

Friday I found some nightstands (free!) and spent yesterday cleaning them up and painting them. I'm not sure I'm done. Here's a photo of how they look (drawers are not in). I painted them a bluish color then brushed a copper color over top. Hmmm. What to do, what to do.

Have you found any money lately? My sister found a five dollar bill in her yard last week. Yay yay! 

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  10 pennies, 1 nickel, 3 dimes, 2 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished 

Total Found Money in 2016 to Date:  $6.86